A Sunday walk along the railroad tracks in Petaluma
Bonjour!
It’s time to relax, to enjoy our freedom, to explore our world…
That’s exactly what we did on this sunny Sunday. We went for a walk thru the unbeaten path of Petaluma. Starting where the railroad tracks cross the Petaluma river between the “Stornetta Milk Factory” and the “Hunt & Behrens” hay and grain factory, a very representative structure of Petaluma farming heritage. ( I guess I’ll have to document this with pictures some other time).
Walking on the tracks, we crossed the bridge in direction of the 101 freeway, first we ran across two vulturs , perch on a fence spreading their wings wide open, they seemed undisturbed by our presence.
Continuing, we passed by a yard where Big metal sculptures were standing, some finished, others waiting for the crane to lift them up.
Further up we crossed over Payran street still following the tracks, that’s also where some kind of a trail begins, which will take you to a trestle , above, what looks like a creek meeting with the Petaluma river.
Cutting across an empty field between the freeway and the river, quite muddy this time of year… we finally closed the loop by getting back on “Payran street”
Here is a series of images taken by Rosemarie ( my wife).
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